Monday, September 27, 2010

This is a collection 8 short films, most of them around 15-17 min. long. And although I know these are all amateur pieces, some of the video quality and blood gags are almost professional.

Overall, you have to give kudos to everyone for their efforts. The stories are very unique, but most of them suffer at the end. Just as the story gets interesting, it's over, and the endings are either incongruous, or downright puzzling.

Of the eight, "Means to an End" and "Working Stiff" are black comedies. (The cheese grater got to me, ugh!) "Disposer" gives phone sex a bloody new meaning. And "Sawbones" is the only historical, taking you back to the open field hospitals of the Civil War. But in my opinion, these 4 aren't enough to justify the rental. Worse, each short is introduced by Mistress Juliya, and I nearly stopped the DVD after her first appearance.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Romero's zombie movie seesaw back and forth between being flat-out horror and black comedy. To me, I like both, especially the films that have a bit of tongue-in-cheek (both literally and figuratively). Survival of the Dead is the latter, with lots of little short escapades that pit the living against the "dumbass dead".

You also have to give the King of the Zombies credit for giving us something different in each of his movies. In this film, the story takes place on an island where two families have been feuding for years. And now that a zombie plague has taken over, they're split into two camps - one side wants to kill everyone infected, but the other believes that zombies can be taught to eat other creatures besides humans, and thus they don't need to be eradicated.

Enter a small group of well-armed and trained military survivalists. They're made to pick sides, and it's definitely a no-win situation. The gore is profuse, and I liked the never-before-done zombie attack on an animal (I will leave the rest to your imagination.)

If you're a zombie fan, especially if you're a Romero-an, this movie will click for you. Yes, it has some stumbles, but overall it's just plain fun.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Oookay. Here we go again. Six twenty-somethings go to a privately owned island (which is not much different from being "out in the middle of nowhere" - you still get no cell phone service) in order to do some research for their college classes. They meet up with the owners, who are amateur filmmakers (aka "strange couple living there"). What the kiddoes don't know is that the filmmakers love to "recreate" their favorite horror movies, but without the special effects. In other words, if a limb is cut off, they gleefully chop off a student's arm.

In some ways this movie is different from the usual "chase and slaughter" plot devices. It was interesting to see who survived and why. There's also a strange little plot twist, but overall the film is slow to get going, and the jokes are lame.

Overall, if you want a nice no-brainer movie, and you have a couple of hours to waste, I recommend:

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Awright. If you love zombies, and you're into online gaming, here's the place for you! DEAD FRONTIER "is the ultimate survival horror MMORPG. Log in and play with thousands of real players from around the globe as you struggle for survival in a zombie infested city. "

Battle for survival against an army of infected zombies Explore a huge post-apocalyptic MMO game Barricade buildings and create your own hideouts Wield over 100 real world weapons from melee to miniguns Pit your skills against other survivors in PvP games

Monday, September 6, 2010

A woman in an abusive relationship becomes the host mother to a creature not of our world. Or so I think, because it's not quite clear what the thing is, or where it's from. We only know it starts to grow in the woman's womb, and she has to drink fresh blood in order to keep it alive until its birth. Worse, she has to kill to get the blood, which keeps her on the run from the police. Worse still, the fetus talks to the woman.

This is the premise of a movie I didn't have much hope for, but ended up being pretty surprised by how good it is. BABY BLOOD is a French release from 1990, and I got wind of it after watching a somewhat similiar movie GRACE. But actually the two movies are quite different. And even though BABY BLOOD is over 20 years old, the entire film feels very 21st century.

The gore is over the top. There is a lot of frontal nudity. And it is dubbed (quite well, actually). In the version I got from Netflix, there were additional scenes "re-inserted" that had been missing from the theatrical version. Those scenes are in the original French with English subtitles.

All in all, it ranks high for me, along with such classics as HIGH TENSION and MARTYRS.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

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This blog is for every horror afficionado who enjoys watching horror movies, reading horror stories, and all the other mayhem associated with the genre.

Who I Am

Gail Smith is the pseudonym of Linda Mooney. Although I use my real name for my sci-fi, paranormal, and fantasy based romance novels and stories, I want to keep my excursions into writing horror separate. And I want readers to know that when the book says Gail Smith, they're going to get flat-out, unapologetic horror.